Patent SG-11201808161S-A (SG)
Title: Transport facilitation system for configuring a service vehicle for a user
Inventor: ZYCH NOAH
IPC: G06Q50/30
Filed: 2017-03-21
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property -, Organization MD 1111101110101011111 HO 11111 01110101110101111101101111111111110111111 International Bureau ... ..... ..... ...... (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date WO 2017/172415 Al 5 October 2017 (05.10.2017) IN I PO I P CT (51) International Patent Classification: (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every GO6Q 50/30 (2012.01) B60N 2/02 (2006.01) kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, B60W 40/02 (2006.01) B60H 1/00 (2006.01) AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, (21) International Application Number: DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, PCT/US2017/023411 HN, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, (22) International Filing Date: KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, 21 March 2017 (21.03.2017) MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, (25) Filing Language: English RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, (26) Publication Language: English TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (30) Priority Data: 15/089,402 1 April 2016 (01.04.2016) US (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 15/089,408 1 April 2016 (01.04.2016) US kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 15/089,416 1 April 2016 (01.04.2016) US GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, (71) Applicant: UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. [US/US]; TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, 1455 Market St., 4th Floor, San Francisco, California DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, 94103 (US). LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, (72) Inventors: ZYCH, Noah; 3011 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). DONNELLY, Richard; 3011 GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). Published: RANDER, Peter; 3011 Smallman St., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201 (US). — with international search report (Art. 21(3)) (74) Agent: MAHAMEDI, Zurvan; Mahamedi IP Law LLP, 1901 S. Bascom Ave., Suite 600, Campbell, California 95008 (US). (54) Title: TRANSPORT FACILITATION SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A SERVICE VEHICLE FOR A USER P-1- 1\" 4227 FIG.1 7 .... Requ is 186 195 L canr nu Mapa °ems 199 In[ertare 199 Mapping Engine 175 1)9 R 13 197 ACE& Data 181 Accel Data 181 Requests 197 Feedback Data GPS Data 111 Selection Invitations Network(s) 183 Engine Data 135 181 ,L Aaei 182 Vehicle 180 AV FIM 190 — \"' Locations I i Ve e Intertare Locations 192 An.lyser — User UID AV Data 53 . 1 config. 96 _ Engine „up AVS.tUP 140 Vehicle Config. Set Feedback AV Conti& 191 I Log Datoba Set 09 — 130 Preference Log Updates Sele 193 ction. 188 11 128 — Rider Preference Logs 132 — Comfort Profile 137 —AV Parameter Logs 134 Adjust Data Invitations 182 i7::.t___• Pattern Engine 163 imi.- 169 Feedback AV Data ir) 11 193 196 Transport Facilitation System 100 7r N N (57) : A transport facilitation system can receive a pick-up request from a user device rtmning a designated application of a 1-1 ---- transportation arrangement service managed by the transport facilitation system, where the pick-up request comprising a unique N identifier and a pick-up location. Using the unique identifier, the transport facilitation system can perform a lookup in the database C for a comfort profile indicating vehicle setup preferences for a user of the user device, and based on the pick-up location, select a N service vehicle to service the pick-up request. Based on the vehicle setup preferences indicated in the comfort profile, the transport en. ) facilitation system can transmit a set of configuration instructions to the selected service vehicle, where the set of configuration in- structions to configure a number of adjustable components of the selected service vehicle for the user prior to the selected service vehicle arriving at the pick-up location.